on lower Mott Street and rented out bunks to the first Chinese immigrants to arrive in Chinatown. It was with the profits he earned as a landlord, earning an average of $100 per month, that he was able to open his Park Row smoke shop around which modern-day Chinatown would grow.

Chinese exclusion period

In 1873, the United States entered a period of economic difficulty known as the Long Depression. As

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